Keep it here on msnbc. Well be here throughout the storm for you and ill see you here tomorrow, same time, same place. For now, im Ana Cabrera reporting from New York. Jose diazbalart picks up our coverage right now. Good morning. 11 00 a. M. Eastern, 8 00 a. M. Pacific. Im Jose Diazbalart. We begin with breaking news. Hurricane Milton Closing in on floridas gulf coast, expected to make landfall early tomorrow as a devastating major hurricane. Right now, milton is a category 4 storm, churning 100 Miles Southwest of tampa, set to bring damaging winds and a dangerous and potentially historic Storm Surge. Schools, airports and many businesses are already closed in florida as People scramble to evacuate in the final hours before the storm hits. And take a look at this, miltons powerful winds shaking up a team of Hurricane Hunters flying through the storm. Meantime, right now, in South Florida, a tornado has broken out near i75. Joining us now from tampa, nbcs Marissa Parra. And also with u
That has seen more than its share of powerful storms. Now, the Desperate Rush is on for millions to get out of hurricane Miltons Path before it is too late. With the mayor of one City Warning residents, if you stay, you will die. Plus, Kamala Harris full on media assault plan, voters have been calling for her to do more interviews for months. Will they propel a campaign that has been stubbornly stuck within the Pollings Margin of error . And another arrest in what has become an avalanche of trouble for new York Citys mayor. Warrants, searches, indictments and now a former aide facing charges of his own on top of more than a dozen who have quit. So how long can Eric Adams himself hold on . But we begin with that Monster Category 4 hurricane taking direct aim at florida. Hurricane milton expected to be one of the most destructive storms ever to hit the region. Headlines and newspapers throughout the state Screaming Warnings that it is now a race for survival. Time is running out. So use
this is what s so phenomenal us to. water temperatures are running 2, 3 degrees farenheit above average. that s like jet fuel for hurricanes. that means this storm will deepen and strengthen and see its wind field grow. we ll see impacts well away from the center of that storm. you will feel that wind. it is the storm surge. it is flooding that is the most dangerous and most deadly. we ll be watching it. i ll pay attention to everything you re saying as you track this storm. back to you, phil. thank you, sara. thank you, derek. we ll keep a close eye on this throughout the course of the next several hours and days. just to reiterate, idalia strengthened to a hurricane, category 1 hurricane 85 miles north of the western part of cuba. we will be watching that throughout the morning. but we re also watching this morning some major developments in two legal cases for former president trump. the trial for the former president s federal election interference case now has a date to be